[HPforGrownups] Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 129390

Amandageist said, re: Snape

> > I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding here. This
> > discussion seems to assume that teaching is Snape's job. I disagree.

Amiabledorsai:

> It's the job he gets paid for.

Amandageist now:

I have a job I get paid for; I'm an editor. I'm also a mother of three.
Which is the most important? I  maintain, Snape's primary job is whatever
he's doing for the Order--that's what he has been waiting 14 years to do.

Amiabledorsai:

> From what we've seen, he's miserable
> at it.  If he doesn't do it properly he's betraying Dumbledore, his
> students, their parents, and the wizarding world as a whole.

Amandageist:

Ah, but I am one who will not concede that he's miserable at it. Because I
think what a teacher should do is convey information, and (with the
exception of Neville, who has trouble in classes other than Snape's) Snape
does that. I don't think it's required for a teacher to be nice. I think
it's required for a teacher to pass fundamental information about the
subject he/she is teaching, and there is canon to support that Snape is
quite effective at that.

~Amanda, off for a latte